DentistryIQ Editorial Advisory Board
2026 Editorial Board Members
- Anjuli Avis, CRDH
- India Chance, RDH, CDIPC
- Teresa Duncan, MS
- Nicole Grant, DMD
- Lisa Hardill, RDH, BHADM, PG Dip
- Machell Hoover, RDH, CHC
- Timothy Ives, MA Ed, RDH
- Hendrik Lai, DBA(hc), MBA, EMBA, MS, BDS, CM, ChMC, FIDM
- Heather McGuire, RDH
- Bethany Montoya, MBA, RDH
- Josey Sewell, RDH
- Amisha Singh, DDS
- Tony Stefanou, DMD
- Rachel Wall, RDH
- Carrie Webber
- Beverly Wilburn, DAADOM
- Rita Zamora
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Learn more about these industry thought leaders, speakers, and trailblazers below. In addition, please email them and/or connect with them via LinkedIn.
Anjuli Avis, CRDH
Anjuli Avis is a dental hygienist and strategic connector known for her ability to bridge innovation with the practical needs of modern dental practices. With a background in clinical operations and team mentorship, she brings both hands-on experience and insight to initiatives that support growth, efficiency, and collaboration across the dental industry.
At Smile Source, Anjuli focuses on partnership strategy and industry relationships, helping ensure members have access to forward-thinking technologies, trusted partners, and solutions that support sustainable practice success. She is particularly recognized for translating emerging concepts into practical, actionable approaches that dental teams can confidently adopt.
Anjuli is committed to fostering meaningful collaboration across the dental ecosystem and advancing solutions that empower clinicians to deliver exceptional care while running thriving practices. Through her work, she advocates for stronger partnerships between providers, technology innovators, and industry organizations to help dental professionals navigate change and succeed in an evolving health-care landscape.
India Chance, RDH, CDIPC
India Chance is a distinguished dental safety specialist with extensive expertise as a Registered Dental Hygienist, Certified Infection Control Educator, and authorized OSHA and HIPAA trainer. She is the founder of Learn2Prevent, where she leads initiatives focused on dental compliance and exceptional patient safety.
Throughout her career, India has trained thousands of dental health-care providers and partnered with hundreds of dental practices, equipping teams to deliver the safest possible dental care. Her work has earned recognition from organizations including the CDC Office of Oral Health and the Association for Dental Safety (ADS). She serves on the Editorial Review Boards for ADS and DentistryIQ and is a Dental Board Inspector for the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners. In 2023, she received the ADS Emerging Infection Control Leader Award.
Teresa Duncan, MS
With over 25 years of health-care experience, Teresa addresses topics such as insurance systems, office manager training, and patient conversations. Her memberships include Dental Entrepreneurial Women and the National Association of Dental Plans. Her book, Moving Your Patients to Yes: Easy Insurance Conversations, and her podcast, Nobody Told Me That! are well-known resources for the dental community.
She has contributed regularly to the ADA’s Annual CDT Companion Guide and coauthored several of the ADA's Guidelines for Practice Success kits. She founded Dental Revenue Network to bring carriers, billers, and revenue cycle companies together. Teresa received her master’s degree in health-care management.
Nicole Grant, DMD
Dr. Nicole Grant feels like she's found her calling to help phobic patients get through one of the hardest things, a dental visit. As a member of the Clark County Dental Society, she appreciates the unique community dentistry provides. In her spare time, she's a writer working on publishing her first novel.
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Lisa Hardill, RDH, BHADM, PG Dip
Lisa has been a registered dental hygienist since 2003, with experience spanning private practice, public health, and independent practice. In 2017, she expanded her career beyond the operatory, moving into dental sales and consulting with a focus on preventive products, practice growth strategies, implants, biomaterials, and digital dentistry.
This diverse experience led to her current role in clinical development with a leading dental service organization, where she supports hundreds of dental hygienists and teams across Ontario.
Outside of her clinical development role, she serves as a hygiene coach with the Clear Aligner Leadership Bootcamp and as an Ambassador for Women in Digital Dentistry. Lisa also presents webinars and continuing education sessions across a variety of platforms, sharing practical, evidence-based strategies to help dental professionals elevate patient care and team collaboration.
A passionate writer, Lisa runs strictlydentalpro—a blog dedicated to leadership, clinical insights, and empowering dental hygienists in their professional growth. She is also completing a master’s in oral health promotion to continue developing as a writer, educator, and researcher. Find her on Instagram at lisahardill.rdh.
Machell Hoover, RDH, CHC
Machell Hoover, RDH, CHC, is the CEO of Integrative Dental Coaching and a nationally recognized educator advancing oral–systemic health care. Her passion will always remain rooted in her love for dental hygiene and elevating patient care. She partners with Spear Education, 3D Dentists, and the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine to help dental teams implement evidence-driven, risk-based care. Machell also serves on the advisory boards for the American Academy for Oral & Systemic Health and DentistryIQ, working to strengthen collaboration between dentistry and medicine. She believes that elevating care begins when compassion meets evidence, and that when clinicians combine science, curiosity, and human connection, dentistry becomes more than treatment; it becomes a pathway to lasting health.
Timothy Ives, MA Ed, RDH
Timothy Ives is a dental hygienist, educator, and writer whose work focuses on the relationship between oral health, nutrition, and the wider influences that shape patient well-being. He is cofounder of O’Hehir University, where he contributes to continuing education focused on behavior change, prevention, and thoughtful engagement with emerging evidence.
Alongside his clinical and educational work, Timothy is an earth science graduate and has an interest in complex systems, perspectives that inform how he approaches health and prevention. His writing and teaching increasingly explore how dietary patterns, ultraprocessed foods, and public health environments interact to influence oral, systemic, and societal health.
By connecting clinical insight with broader scientific perspectives, he hopes to encourage more thoughtful conversations about prevention and the future of oral health care.
Hendrik Lai, DBA(hc), MBA, EMBA, MS, BDS, CM, ChMC, FIDM
Dr. Hendrik Lai is a dentist, operator, and enterprise strategy advisor specializing in performance transformation across the dental ecosystem. As managing partner of Viturtal Consulting, he advises DSOs, private equity sponsors, and growth-focused practices on scaling operations, optimizing revenue models, and building durable enterprise value.
With more than 15 years in management consulting and hands-on experience as a multisite practice operator and executive leader, Dr. Lai bridges clinical operations and boardroom strategy. His work spans KPI architecture, analytics-driven decision-making, revenue cycle management, dental technology and SaaS enablement, workforce strategy, and postacquisition integration—ensuring performance gains are measurable and sustainable.
On the DentistryIQ Editorial Advisory Board, he brings an operator’s discipline and transformation lens to advancing clinical excellence and long-term growth.
Heather McGuire, RDH
Heather is a dental industry leader whose career spans clinical practice, dental service organization leadership, and professional education. She serves as senior manager of professional education and relations at Philips Oral Healthcare, where she leads strategic initiatives supporting dental professionals across clinical and academic channels. Her work includes developing continuing education programs, strengthening partnerships with professional organizations and universities, and collaborating with clinicians and educators to ensure programs reflect real-world clinical practice.
Heather began her career as a practicing registered dental hygienist before advancing into leadership roles within multiple dental service organizations, including director of dental hygiene development and director of clinical success, where she built programs that strengthened patient care, clinical consistency, and professional growth across dental teams.
She is also a master practitioner and certified coach in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP), mental and emotional release, and hypnosis, integrating behavioral science and communication principles into her approach to education and leadership.
Heather is passionate about advancing the profession by connecting clinicians, educators, and industry partners to support the future of dentistry and improve oral health outcomes.
Bethany Montoya, MBA, RDH
Bethany is a practicing dental hygienist, educator, industry key opinion leader, and editorial director of DentistryIQ’s Clinical Insights newsletter. She has a passion for advancing modern disease prevention. She specializes in exploring the intersection of clinical practice, professional growth, and innovation within oral health care. Through her writing, she aims to educate, inspire, and spark meaningful dialogue in the dental community.
Josalyn Sewell, RDH
Josey is the Founder of joyFULL Growth, a leadership and performance company dedicated to helping dental organizations build thriving teams through stronger systems, clearer expectations, and empowered leaders. With a background in dentistry and executive coaching, she partners with dental groups, clinical directors, and associates to improve engagement, performance, and long-term sustainability across practices. Josey is the co-creator of Dental Associate Growth, a structured development platform designed to help organizations successfully onboard, develop, and retain associate dentists while strengthening clinical leadership. Her work focuses on aligning mindset, metrics, and management to create cultures built on accountability, clarity, and trust. Known for her practical and human-centered approach, Josey advocates for ushering in a new era of dentistry where teams feel supported, leaders are equipped to grow others, and both patients and professionals genuinely love the experience of dentistry.
Amisha Singh, DDS
Dr. Singh serves on the Colorado Dental Association (CDA) House of Delegates, American Dental Association (ADA) Dental Wellness Advisory Committee, and the Metro Denver Dental Society and CDA Membership Councils. She is the CDA New Dentist Committee chair-elect, as well as a blogger and professional speaker working with IgniteDDS. Dr. Singh is the Advanced via Individual Determination (AVID) health-care liaison for Denver Public Schools and a workforce diversity consultant for the Colorado Department of Public Health. An ADA Success speaker, she participates in the ADA Institute of Diversity in Leadership and is the founder of the CDA Diversity in Leadership program.
Tony Stefanou, DMD
Dr. Stefanou is a 1987 graduate of Tufts University School of Dental Medicine in Boston. He has a unique background in the industry, having practiced dentistry for 20 years (built a private dental/chiropractic office from scratch), and while he is still licensed, he has now been entirely focused on the “business” side of the dental industry for the past 15 years. He has been the dental director, director of product development, and director of professional relations for several dental companies.
Dr. Stefanou earned a CBI (Certified Business Intermediary) designation from the prestigious IBBA and is the founder and CEO of Connect the Dents, LLC , a dental exclusive mergers and acquisitions and business development advisory company, which offers a number of services including representation for dental companies interested in acquiring other companies or selling their company. He is the developer of the OPA (Objective Practice Appraisal) system and his company provides hundreds of practice valuations throughout the country on an annual basis.
Dr. Stefanou is the also founder of a fun dental trivia company appropriately called “TRIVIADENT.” Visit connectthedents.com/.
Rachel Wall, RDH
As an international speaker, coach, and owner of Inspired Hygiene, Rachel has guided thousands of dental professionals to elevate their hygiene services and systems while driving profits to the bottom line and developing empowered, engaged hygienists. Rachel draws from over 30 years of experience as a hygiene profitability coach and clinical hygienist to deliver to-the-point interactive workshops and coaching programs. She is a past recipient of the Dental Excellence Award from DrBicuspid.com for “Most Effective Dental Hygienist Educator” and has been named one of the Top 25 Women in Dentistry by Dental Products Report. Her book, Return on Hygiene, has been called the Hygiene Benchmark Bible and is used by dentists all over North America to uncover the true potential of their hygiene teams.
Carrie Webber
Carrie Webber is owner of The Jameson Group, a dental management coaching and marketing firm that works with dental practices nationwide to help dentists and teams become more productive, more profitable, and ultimately more fulfilled in their practicing lives. Carrie is a contributing author to several publications and blogs on the topics of dental management, leadership, marketing, customer service, and business development. Carrie is a popular speaker at dental meetings nationwide. She is a member of the Speaking Consulting Network and was named a Leader in CE by Dentistry Today for the past eight years. For more information on Carrie and her company, The Jameson Group, visit jmsn.com.
Beverly Wilburn, DAADOM
Beverly Wilburn is an award-winning practice manager, a chief operations officer, and a partner in a multimillion-dollar periodontal practice empire. She helps dental businesses and entrepreneurs make real-time decisions to immediately increase company revenue and owner profit. She serves as a consultant and expert in the standard of care for dental business practices, is the vice president of the Dental Entrepreneur Woman Advisory Board, and founded Dental Spouses in Business, dentistry’s premier dental spouse membership group.
Rita Zamora
Rita Zamora is the founder of Connect90 and author of Get Found, Get Liked, Get Patients – Making the Most of Social Media. For more than two decades, she has helped dental practices grow by strengthening the one thing that matters most: meaningful connection.
From case acceptance and referral marketing to social media and AI visibility, Rita’s work centers on helping dentists become the practice patients naturally choose. She teaches strategies that increase visibility, build trust, and create sustainable abundance — without adding more to an already full schedule.
Rita graduated magna cum laude from the University of Colorado with a bachelor's degree in business and marketing. She later served as faculty for the American Dental Association’s Success Certificate Program, contributing to its educational initiatives. Learn more at RitaZamora.com and Connect90.com.